Treasured Find (Royal Pride Book 1) by Corrigan Nancy

Author:Corrigan, Nancy [Corrigan, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-11T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Jazz stretched, and the bed she was lying on squeaked. No, not a bed. She recognized the sound. It belonged to the sofa in her office. Why was she sleeping on it?

She pried open her eyelids and scanned the room. Her gaze settled on the pair of torn jeans lying on the floor.

Rafe.

Memories rushed over her—spending the night with Rafe, hearing the fear in Seth’s voice and the lion peering at her through the car window.

“Real. It’s all real.”

The sound of voices drifted to her before she could take the thought further.

She smoothed her skirt and top, but her ripped panties made her feel naughty. She and Rafe had come together in a rush of desire. It had been an amazing encounter, but she couldn’t go outside where her kids and his family might see her without wearing underwear. It wasn’t that she worried they might see something they shouldn’t. Her skirt was short but not that short. It just felt…wrong.

She reached for the phone to call Rafe to see if he’d bring her a pair of panties. The shorts neatly folded on the top edge of the sofa caught her eye. She grinned. Rafe had thought of her. She snagged them and changed.

Obviously his, the shorts hung to her calves. She had to roll the waistband three times for it to stay up, but she was decent. Fashionable? Not even close. Anyone who looked at the outfit and her disheveled, tangled hair would be able to guess exactly what she’d been doing. At least the adults would. Her kids? She often wore mismatched or too-big clothes to work in. She bought whatever she could find at the secondhand store in town.

On her tiptoes, she peered out the top window of the door. The two badass-looking brothers from Rafe’s background picture on his phone stood near an SUV, and the woman from the same photo leaned against a dark blue car. She had to be Mira, Devin’s twin. She was curvy, tall and with the uniquely colored hair, exotic. She also looked incredibly sad. In the throng of men, she stood alone.

Jazz scanned the yard. No sign of her kids or Josh. In the house maybe? She had to make sure. She flung the door open.

Everyone looked in her direction. She froze under their unblinking stares. Rafe’s brothers openly perused her. If their heated gazes were any indicator, they liked what they saw.

She swallowed against the lump in her throat. It took every bit of self control she had not to slink back into the office and hide. She didn’t like being the center of attention. It made her nervous. Her first thought was always—they know I’m a liar and a coward.

Silly, of course. How would anyone find out the truth about how she’d gotten her boys? Or that she’d left their mother behind to face those horrible men? Jazz never shared her story with anyone, not even Tony.

Relax. Everything is fine.

She licked her lips and forced her feet to move.

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